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There were many business applications available for the CPC6128 running under [[CP/M]]-80. To name a few, [[WordStar]] and [[Protext]] for word processing, [[Multiplan]] and [[SuperCalc 2]] for editing spreadsheets, [[DBase II]] for making databases... Notice, that there were also more than 13 high level languages ([[Programming software]]) available for the CPC6128 running under CP/M-80 that were used for research and development. '''COSMOS''' is a personal COSt MOnitoring System '''COS'''t '''MO'''nitoring '''S'''ystem written by [[KSL|KSL]] which runs under CP/M-80. COSMOS was initially released in 2006, whereas the latest version (v.26) was released in winter 2020.<br><br>COSMOS It is a personal business application similar to the MSDOS-era PC applications and one of the most recent projects developed for CP/M-80. COSMOS runs under [[CP/M|CP/M 2.2]] (the Dobbertin 63 KB TPA version) and is built upon the mouse based graphics user interface as pioneered by Xerox at Palo Alto and popularized by Apple with the Lisa and Macintosh computers. <br>  COSMOS can be used on an everyday basis in order to edit the daily income, plan the monthly expenses and perform trial and error analyses in order to maximize aiming at maximizing the annual profit. A full annual project of COSMOS, including requires the user attachments, the user block of invoices, the summary files as well as the user agenda notices can hardly reside/run on a standard CPC6128 as it requires minimum 350 [[Dobbertin]] 63 KB TPA version of disc space. In order to process and store the aforementioned data, COSMOS makes full use of the [[CP/M memory resources and CPC's peripherals|CP/M 2. Thus2]], an external high capacity disk drive (min 360-800 KB), some RAM expansion (256-and supports the 512 KB)[[Dobbertin Memory Expansion]], a hard disk (the 20 MB HD)[[Dobbertin Harddisc]], a serial RS232C interfacethe [[Amstrad Serial Interface]], a dot matrix printerthe Amstrad Parallel [[Printer Port]], a the [[CTM640/CTM644]] color monitor (for the 16-color screen saver) and an the [[AMX Mouse]] are fully suggested. Notice that the latter configuration resembles to a well equipped 8086/8088 PC computer. <br><br>'''To download Furthermore, COSMOS contains the latest version of COSMOS (v.26/Winter 2020) use [[ASCII Tools]] in order to deal with the link located at the bottom of this page.''' <br>'''Boot CP/M using the original COSMOS disk and execute A>SETUPlarge output text files.COM.''' <br><br> By using executing the setup installation utility (A>SETUP) of COSMOS the application, the user can initialize any annual project or start a temporary or a demo project in order to become familiar with the COSMOS user interface and functions. <br> As far as the controls are concerned, '''Cursor keys ''' or '''Mouse ''' can be used in order to control the pointer. '''[F0] ''' key simulates the left button of the mouse, whereas '''[F.] ''' key simulates the right button of the mouse. Left button can be used for (Yes), whereas the right button can be used for (No),(Next) or (On-Board) help. ESC key can be used to escapequit. <br><br> '''To download the latest version of COSMOS (v.26/Winter 2020) use the link located at the bottom of this page.''''''Boot CP/M using the original COSMOS disk and execute A>SETUP.COM.''' <br>  Upon installing the application COSMOS in drive B or HD20 it is suggested to execute COSMOS using all the available extra RAM (no RAM load minimization) and using to use a new empty boot disk in drive A as the redundant disk (user level software RAID-1 operation).A full annual project of COSMOS, including the user attachments, the user block of invoices, the summary files as well as the user agenda notices requires minimum 350 KB of disc space. <br><br><br><br>